Coexistence effect of hypertension and angiotensin II on the risk of coronary heart disease: a population-based prospective cohort study among Inner Mongolians in China

Objective: To investigate the coexistence effect of hypertension and angiotensin II on the risk of coronary heart disease based on a prospective study in an Inner Mongolian population of China.Methods: The participants were categorized into four subgroups according to hypertension status and median of angiotensin II level. Incident coronary heart disease (CHD) was defined as study outcome. A Cox proportional hazard model was used to compute...